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GameGrooves Uncovered is a show built around the eponymous community of musicians and cover/remix artists tied to the video game world. We take look at the artists behind VGM, see their inspirations, discuss their growth as an artist, and changes in the landscape. On top all of that we look at the surrounding scene in music, video making, and the V.G.M scene as a whole hoping to stir up inspiration, education, and a growing community of creatives.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Ro speaks with Jason aka Fuzz Pixels about his experience creating pop-punk and hardcore video game music and his album "Fuzz Fantasy". The two discuss learning guitar, nostalgia for different consoles and games, and using live experience to create more arrangements.
Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), Fuzz Pixels (He/Him)
Plugs:
https://bio.site/fuzzpixels
https://www.youtube.com/c/fuzzpixels
https://www.instagram.com/fuzzpixels/
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Ro speaks with composer Chase Bethea about getting into composition for games, Game Jams, experiences working on Aground Zero, Stardander School for Witches, and Sunken Stones' soundtracks, and advice for musicians. The two discuss creative ways to write, celebrating more authentic "pirate soundtrack" tropes, and even the interaction of composers and "remixer/cover artists".
Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), Chase Bethea (He/Him)
Plugs:
https://chasebethea.bandcamp.com/music
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Ro speaks with Vaughn Rowles about the online game music convention, VGMCon, and the events taking place in person and online. They discuss the variety of performers, many game-music bands formed for the con, and panels hosted at the convention. They also discuss the Game Music Remix Awards as well as the VGM Album Jam for charity happening April 4th-7th, including ways for people to get involved with the convention worldwide.
Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), Vaughn Rowles (He/Him)
Plugs:
https://vgmcon.org/activities/album-jam/
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Ro speaks with Epic Game Music AKA James Ronald about his experiences on Youtube and in the video game/nerdcore music scene across a decade, his brand new Snowboard Kids Lo-Fi album, and perspectives on making a career in VGM. The two discuss their enjoyment of Nintendo 64's Snowboard Kids, MAGFest and ConBravo, playing guitar as a lefty, as well as finding shifts in styles as well as James' band Rex Viper.
Participants: Ro Panuganti (He/Him), James Ronald (He/Him)
Plugs:
https://www.youtube.com/EpicGameMusic
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Ro speaks with Patti Rudisill about her experience creating "Voices in the Dark" and "Dear to the Heart", a Final Fantasy VII Double cover album with arrangements built around violin. They discuss interesting guests inclusions, her experience self-producing a variety of tracks, and how Final Fantasy VII: Remake has influenced arranging classic songs. They also discuss her experience with creating interesting music videos for Youtube, and fan theories for the title Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth.
SPOILER WARNING for Final Fantasy VII (1997) as well as Final Fantasy VII: Remake (2020) from 30:19-45:00, also marked in the podcast!
Participants: Ro Panuganti, Patti Rudisill
Plugs:
https://www.youtube.com/PattiRudisill
https://pattirudisill.com/dark-and-heart
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Ro speaks with Alyssa Menes AKA AC Menes about working in game music, sound design, and arranging music for both rock and gaming symphonic groups. They chat about 60s/70s rock, great music coming from the New Jersey Gamer Symphony Orchestra, and what it's like to work on deep cut game music for performances. Lastly the two discuss the upcoming MAGFest music festival in National Harbor MD, what Alyssa plans for her show at the Belvedere, and the great experiences to be had.
The show will be at the Belvedere Lobby Bar on January 19th at 2PM ET
Participants: Ro Panuganti, Alyssa Menes
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Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Ro speaks with Brooke Ferd and Becca Michaelson about their upcoming panel "VGM in Music Education" to be shared at MAGFest 2024 in National Harbor, MD. The three discuss how the panel has grown through its presentation at teacher's conferences and VGMCon 2023, as well as how they've experienced music education as teachers. The trio enjoy the benefits of improving the classroom, inclusive music forms, and how engaging K-12 students with music helps inspire a long-term appreciation.
The panel will be hosted Thursday, January 18th at 5:30PM ET at Panels 6.
Participants: Ro Panuganti, Brooke Ferd (Medllix), Becca Michaelson (flootiful)
Plugs:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Flootiful
https://www.youtube.com/@Medllix
https://www.youtube.com/@BeccaMichaelson
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Ro speaks with Jay Kim, aka Ronin Op F, about his slew of collaborations, live performances at MAGFest and VGMCon 2023, and his brand new instrumental hip-hop album "Link's Restless Awakening". The two discuss the benefits of joining communities, preparations for good live shows, thoughts on genre "boxes", and how making albums can be therapeutic.
Participants: Ro Panuganti, Jay Kim AKA Ronin Op F
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Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
In a new formatted interview called Spicy Gamers, Ro interviews video game cover musicians, remixers, composers and similar folks while enjoying all things spicy and hot in life. In this episode, brass instrumentalist and arranger Allison Martin discusses the Kingdom Hearts' franchise and adopting 14 tracks into various big band jazz arrangements across the year. The two chat while eating progressively spicier wings from "Hot Ones Season 22"'s collection of sauces, including the world-record holding "The Last Dab Xperience" featuring the Pepper X with over 2 Million Scoville Units.
Participants: Ro Panuganti, Allison Martin
Plugs:
https://allisonmartin.bandcamp.com/album/heart-seeker-a-kingdom-hearts-collection
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Ro speaks with surf punk/rock and latin rock specialist Audio Mocha/Daniel Florez about his album "Seas of Destiny: A Xenoblade Tropical Tribute" as well as the genre and subculture of surf rock. The two discuss its impact, branching from its 1950s roots, and the many ways it can be arranged for video game music. They also discuss live video game music events and how arranging interesting guitar mods and performances has been, and how the album's creation helped improve various aspects of production.
Participants: Ro Panuganti, Audio Mocha
Plugs:
https://audiomocha.bandcamp.com/album/seas-of-destiny-a-xenoblade-tropical-tribute